TP-Link TL-PA210 manual

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter REV3.0.1 1910010777[...]

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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion. This equipment genera tes, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if n[...]

Safety Information • When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. • Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself. Y ou run the risk of electr[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter Model No.: TL-P A210 T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibilit y that the above pro ducts satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within t he scope of Council Directives: [...]

CONTENTS Package Contents ........................................................................................................................................... 1  Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 2  1.1 Conventions .....[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 1 Package Contents The A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter pack age contains the fo llowing items: ¾ One A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter (There are two A V200 Nano Powerline Adapters in S tarter Kit) ¾ One RJ45 Ethernet Cable (There are two RJ45 Ethernet Cables in S tarter Kit) ¾ One Resource CD z This Guide z Man[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstandi ng Powerline Adapter . This device is an A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter which transforms your house’s exis ting electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this A V200 Nano Powerli ne Adapter into an or[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 3 8. Plug this product directly into a wall socket ( 100-240V~, 50/60Hz). Do not use an extension cord between this product and the AC power source. 9. When plugging this product into a wall socket, make sure that the electric al socket is not damaged, and that there is no gas leakage. 10. Place the connectin[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 4 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 200Mbps data ra te. With this high speed connec tion rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to setup a hig h speed home network by usi ng your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug this Powerline Adapte r into an or[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 5 On The Ethernet port is connect ed, but there is no data being transferred. Blinking The Ethernet port is transferring data. Ethernet LED Off The Ethernet port isn’t connected. ) Note: 5 minutes after the device connecte d to the adapter is turned off, and the adapter will automatically switch to the powe[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 6 ) Note: 1. If you press the Pair button for more than 10 se conds, the Powerline Adapter will leave the network which it is associated with and its network name assumes a random value. The Power LED turns of f when it disconnects from the Powerline network. 2. For det ailed information about t he Pair butto[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 7 2.6 Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Powe rline Adapter into your existing ADSL broadband connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow the proc edures described below to connect the Powerline Adapter to your ADSL broadband connection: 1 ． Connect one end of the provi[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 8 ) Note : Do not connect the Powerline adapter to an extens ion lead, powe r strip, extension cord, or surge protector as these may degr ade the network performance.[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 9 Chapter 3 Inst alling Management Utility Please verify that no other Powe rline Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Po werline Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this provided[...]

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TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 12 S tep 3: After the inst allation, a shortcut to the “Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 13 Chapter 4 Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the Powerline Adapter hardware and Managem ent Utility software, you can set up or configure the devic es according to your need. This Powerline Utility enables t he users to identify powerline de vices on the powe rline network, m[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 14 ¾ MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the pow erline adapter connected to the current computer where this m anagement utility is running. ¾ Network Name: Displays the network name of the current n etwork or you can give a name for th e network in which the powerline adapter is. By default, the netwo[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 15 network. Furthermore, here you can change the N ame of the listed powerline adapters as well as add another device to the current network. ¾ Typ e: Displays the type of the remote device found in the network. ¾ Name: Displays the name of the remote device found in the network. You can change its name fol[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 16 (1) Select the desir ed device and click the Modify butto n to display the following dialog. (2) Enter a new name for the selected adapter and enter its password (Take note of the password format). The password can be found on the back of adapter. (3) Click the Save button to make the settings effective. )[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 17 4.3 System The System tab window is for some basic settings of the adapter . On this tab window , you can upgrade the firmware to the latest versi on, reset the adapter ’s settings to t he factory default s and configure all adapters’ network names. 4.3.1 Upgrade Firmware Click the Upgrade Firmware but[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 18 ¾ PIB : Parameter Information Block. It contains con figuration val ues that establish device network identity, general capabilit ies and operational modes. If you want to upgrade the version of firmware fo r the device, please select appropriate Firmware and PIB files together . New firmware ve rsions an[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 19 Chapter 5 Advanced Feature: How to Use the Pair Buttons 5.1 Pair (Secure with 128 bits-AES) The Homeplug A V standard uses 128-bit AES (Advanc ed Encryption S tandard) to safely transmit data between powerline adap ters. For the powerline adapter s to communicate with each ot her they all need to use the s[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 20 Join an existing Powerline A V Network: Powerline adapter A and Powerline adapter B form a HomeplugA V Network, Powerline adapter C wants to join this network. Ste p 1 . Press and hold the Pair button on Powerline adapter C for 1 second. Ste p 2 . Press and hold the Pair button on Powerline adapter A/B for[...]

TL-P A210 A V200 Nano Powerline Adapter 21 Appendix A: T roubleshooting The Troubleshooting provides answers to comm on problems regardin g the Powerline Adapter. 1. The Pow er LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: 1. Make sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. 2. Make sure the power outlet is active (wo[...]